Gauge
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COUPLING/BRASS
- DATE
- 1898
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1968.0021.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- MASTER CARD BUILDER'S STANDARD
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 21.0 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Railway Transportation
- Category
- Operations
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF GAUGE WAS DEVELOPED IN THE 1890S
- Canada
-
CANADA ADOPTED THE MASTER CAR BUILDER'S ASSOCIATION STANDARD FOR COUPLER GAUGES WITH THIS AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE USED. - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE WEAR ON RAILWAY COUPLERS. - Technical
-
SLIDES IN THE GAUGE WERE INTRODUCED SO THAT THE GAUGE COULD BE DROPPED FULLY DOWN INTO THE CONTOUR OF THE COUPLER. THIS GAUGE COULD BE USED TO MEASURE A COMBINATION OF WEAR TAKING PLACE ALL AROUND THE COUPLER. [REF 1] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED ON TOP: 'COUPLERS MUST BE REPAIRED/ IF GUAGE PASSES WITH ANY/ SLIDE FULLY OUT OR WITH THE/ CURVED SLIDE A MOVED TO B/ M.C.B.STD.' 'A' 'B'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- VARNISHED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Gauge, circa 1898, Artifact no. 1968.0021, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0021.001/
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